Savage Fae (Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac, #2)

by Caroline Peckham

“Bite me,” Leon begged, his hand finding my breast as he tugged my bra aside and freed my nipple for him to tease.

Leon’s blood slid down my throat like a pure shot of sunshine, the heat of it burning and blinding and everything.

“Leon,” I gasped as my muscles tightened around him again, unsure if I could take any more of this. “Say it, little monster,” he purred in my ear,

“Tell me I’m yours,” he demanded. “Ah, fuck, yes,” I gasped as he slammed into me again. “You’re mine, Leon. Mine.”

Leon Night was becoming my new addiction. He was joy and laughter and sunshine and even though I couldn’t offer him the world, I decided not to overthink offering him anything else.

He accepted me the way I was and wanted me even more for it.

So if a broken girl was good enough for him then I w...

Because I needed some joy in my life like a starving man needed meals. And I planned on gorging myself on him for as long as I could with...

Because he’s the King of the Lunar Brotherhood, idiot.

“Then you should have come to me!” Ryder bellowed. “I wouldn’t have let a Brother’s family die. But you sold me out. All of us.” He punched him again, sighing as Micky’s pain fuelled his magic reserves.

“Traitors die. That’s the law in the Brotherhood. You’re not going to forget that now, are you?”

I’d never, ever betray Ryder if I could help it. But the horrible, terrifying truth was I already had.

For a terrifying second I realised I might soon end up in a grave…and maybe it just came down to which one of them would dig it.

“Almost…died,” he panted. “But you didn’t,” I pointed out dryly.

“Great, but I’m staying for the show,” she announced. “Even better,” I growled.

“You look a little green, Ryder,” Leon said with a smirk. “Is that your Order form showing through or just jealousy?” “Why would I be jealous of you?” I spat a hollow laugh and Leon’s smile widened.

“Because you want Elise and she’s not yours,” he said simply and rage settled in my gut. “I’m not yours either,” Elise sang from the sidelines.

and I frowned over at Elise as he hugged her in greeting – okay what the fuck is that about?

“You just can’t handle it, can you? Me and her, kissing, fucking-” I begged the ground to swallow him and a crater tore the ground apart, my patience lost to my temper. “Fuck you!” I roared, churning up the earth as Leon tumbled into the pit I’d made.

I smiled darkly, throwing wild punches, forgetting my Element as I devoured the feel of ripping into his flesh first hand.

but I was wild, lost to the rage of picturing her with this piece of shit thief.

“Fucking…Lion,” I ground out and Mars relaxed, dragging me up to stand when he’d finished healing me. My pants were still just about intact but the rest of me was bare.

“Watch that temper of yours, Draconis. You kill a student and you’re out of this academy.”

“Ryder,” Elise said gently, taking my hand and I blinked out of my stupor to look at her. All I could see was Leon’s body claiming hers and I grimaced, pulling out of her hold and walking away across the field.

“You can’t seriously be annoyed with me,” she said in irritation.

“You’re fucking the Lion King,” I snarled, my chest tightening as flashes of heat hit my skin. “So what?” she said. “You’ve probably fucked half the girls in this school.” “Not since-”

Because why hadn’t I screwed anyone since I’d met Elise? It didn’t make any fucking sense. She wasn’t mine.

And now I’d made that deal with Inferno, she couldn’t be mine.

“You were the one who made that deal with Dante.” There was a seductive note to her voice and I realised we’d walked all the way to my dorm room without me even noticing.

“I’ll never commit to one man. That’s just not me. So if you hadn’t then…” she placed her hand on my bare chest and the heat of her skin set off a fire in my body.

If I did fuck her, I’d last about five shitting seconds right now. Real impressive.

I left it open for her to follow, not responding to what she said and feeling the tension building between us.

I was in my room, practically naked with Elise and I wasn’t about to get laid. It was a sad fucking future for my balls.

I dragged on a clean uniform before turning to her and finding her laying on my bed with a wicked smile.

“Get up, baby, or I won’t be held responsible for what I do next.”

“Did he make you come?” I blurted and her brows jumped up in surprise. “Ryder…”

“Because one day, I’m going to figure out a way past this deal with Inferno then I’m going to fuck Leon out of your memory. You won’t remember your name let alone his.”

“I like you, Ryder, but I like Leon too. And trust me when I say, you wouldn’t make me forget him. He’s important to me.”

Leon was everything I wasn’t. He could offer her something normal, something sweet.

I didn’t do normal or sweet. I did twisted and bitter.

I moved toward her again like a predator, resting a hand on her knee and causing her to inhale deeply.

“Am I not funny?” I scrubbed my rough chin against her thigh and a smile pulled at her lips.

She was at the door in half a second and I was already moving after her. Wherever she was going, I was going.

glancing up from her knees on the floor and yes I liked how she looked down there.

Her eyes brightened like that meant a lot to her and her shoulders relaxed marginally.

“You followed her and broke into her office?” I asked with a smirk.

“Hmm her password isn’t satanic bitch, any other ideas, baby?” I nudged Elise with my knee and she looked up at me with a grin.

“Have you tried sour-faced trout?” I barked a laugh, typing it in. “Damn. I was sure you had it.”

She stood up, dropping straight into my lap and making me inhale in surprise as her ass connected with my dick. I wrapped my hands around her waist, pushing her...

I said against her ear and she wriggled back into my lap, making me groan with need.